A Tesla Model 3 Performance has made the podium in its first race with track mode at a Global Time Attack Super Lap event in Buttonwillow, but the vehicle was somehow disqualified for ‘being electric’.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the BMW Group signed a long-term contract with the Chinese company Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) to supply battery cells with a value of four billion euros.

Herbert Diess, VW's CEO, has pushed to make the manufacturer more agile to master the industry’s generational shift toward electric and self-driving cars that’s disrupting the traditional business of producing and selling autos.